Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-14

~ fae Her4ta corr Bppn1en1, aao AHEe1
20 explain the purposes OF hls expaoFa.
lionas h0w far ths1 have been Fs&fizsd
and % detail the incidents Of his "trip
-Ae ycn know." be began, s.fhe naEfh
eFlT poFti1n Of Greeniznd Is nnexpsored
Expedifions which have been sent oul
N tie pasi 10 seek iaformatioa Of This
region have taken the coasf lire, and TIE
ehareeleF % taiB route has presentsd
satisfactory advancement. Il osearsed
70 ne sons tine ago thai the true sofa.
zion Of tie propar method Of Green
lands exploration vas to take an over
lard route Ehis believed practicable
ard nv Journey has been for the par
pose Of verifying fhis belief The 70.
salt Is that, instead of she interior 81
GEeenland being an impassabis cann--
Try. it 10 sne u the nnsSs higs ways I'M
der The sun. By that mean II possesses
the best conditions for making head
wHy fer properly eq1ipps party.
satisfied myself lask summer that this l.
fact. have safished myself fhaf
could cross over the country frem Disco
Bay 70 Francis Joseph Bay and baek in
the same summer. Tnis 10 q distance
Of ab0ut 11c9 miles, out and return
II started on the trip Lass May, Iezv-
ing st. Johns on the 22d Of that month,
and arriving ef Godhaveu, Disco
island, the Capital Of the northern in
spectoFate Of Greenland, 90 June 9th.
Owing 10 the great prevalsnee Of ice IN
Disco bay, and the delay In hiring na-
lives and boats, did not reach Pakit-
sGk kjoFd, On the coast Of the main
land OF Greenland, until the 18th OF the
mouth. ] was unable 70 get the natives
10 20 on the ice, from the fact of their
superstiti0us horror Of the great glacier
whieh thsy people with
GHOSTS, DEVILS AND SPIRITS
OF murdered people. So / had 10 con-
tinue my journey with bat one oou-
panioR, q young Dana, and together We
had 10 do all the manual labor of get
ting the sledQes up to the Ice field. We
carried them across the mountains, g
distance Of three or four miles. to the
glacier. Then we dragged them over
the ragged surface Of the ice, which
sloped upward, until We reached an els-
vAtion Of about 22c9 feet above the sea
level. / did not depend on getting
aledRes from the natives, bus had them
made in Washington. under my direc-
ton, for the special work for which
they were used, and do not believe we
would have been successful 10 penesrat-
ing 20 miles into the interior il thia pre-
caution bad NOS Seen taken. Ny plan
vas 10 dispense with dogs Ia dragging
them, but wanted to secure natives for
tbis purpose, believing them superior
for the work. As have said. / was IN
able to get the natives 10 60 With US
Having reached an elevation Of 200 feet.
we made q start toward the interior. but
q heavy snow storm caused \ delay Of
several days. We started, and having
gone several miles, Fetraced the way and
when the storm was over made Q fresh
start. and kept travelling at night and
sleeping BY day, until We reached 9
point 100 miles from the edge of the
glacier. The night marches were made
IN order to avoid the glare Of the snn,
while on the other hand, We had the
warm day for sleeping, which Was more
comfortable than taking the cold nights
for H. During the last two nights We
advanced in the face Of g snow storm,
which finally prevented rs from con-
siHuing our journey. We then took to
our travelling bags, which We kept for
tWo days. This was at an elevation Of
tooS fort 1ooNo tnc uoa tcNots anu was
&c miles from the coast. But one ex-
plorer has ever gone farther inland than
We did, and the altitude We reached is
HIGHER THAN EvER BEFORE ATTAINED
TheFe. Baron Nordenksiold, 10 1888.
started from Anleitsivik Fj0Ed. belog
Pakitsok FioFd, and went inland a dis
tance with q party of sbont q dozen,
two Of whom penetrated over Il } miles.
when we first assembled tue great
glacier we found il very steep, and ira
vesssd IN every direction By euilies.
erevices and canyons When the Zoe
field proper Is reached only the crevioes
were seen, ramifyioP in every direction
over the ice. Further inland the Toe
Was covered With thin layer of snow,
which got deeper as We proceeded, and
the fluctuations Of the surface Grew
longer and fiatter. As l have said, rapid
progress could be made ever this eur
face by . properly equipped party, and
/ believe the northern boundaries could
be thus reached more quickly and
cheaply than In any other way. This
Is, Of course, taking 10 for granted that
the ice ex ends 10 the northern bsrder
OF Greenland. Then, as she altitude
increases toward the center of the Qla-
cier, the outlook for the explorer in
viewing the coast is superior 20 What il
bad by following the coast line in boats.
The probability is that in the center of
Greenland there Is 50 elevation of no
less than eCc0 and probably 10000 feet
above the sea level"
tbe return 90 the coast vas not espe-
cially eventfui. The siedges were dashed
together, and. q rubber blanket being
put up fer q sail, they gradually de-
acended the side Of the glacier to the
coast. AT first the snow would only sup
port the siedRes, which the explorers
guided as the wind propelled them. Bot
as they proceeded, and ice was reached,
they were able 10 seat themselves on
them. enjoying an extended toboQpan
ride. During one entire night they slid
dewn the glaciers side toward the coast,
the wind IN the sail acoelelating tbs
speed. When they arrived at the edge
OF the glacier, they bad 90 reach the
coast By way OF the mountains, lover
ipg their sledees down the cliffs into the
valley. They then followed the coast
a. for q distance Of 50 milss 10 Toasu-
kaick and kariak glaciers. and visited
she fossil beds Of AtanekeEdiuk, whence
they returned 10 Godhaven.
Mr.. Peary was TIRES months 10 Green
land. His trip inland over the Rlaoier,
vh ichhe penetrated Il miles. occupied
20 days. his retaFn hsme By . vhaIer
took ten weeks. Mr.. PeaEy's trip vas
made in personal capacity only BeinQ
asked WHISTLER be intended renewing his
explorations next sumner. he answered
that be bad formed NO such plans and
eoald not say what be might do. He
eAaraeteriEss his success, which is re-
msrkable In many respects. ~ fairly
veil for q grtenborn." He IauRhinRly
remarked that be did not have The
North Pole craze, bat says be believes
toai knoSledee Of the northern part Of
Greenland would be valuable In many
respects scientifically, aud believes be
sees an easy way Of attaining it.